I’ve lost some really nice white pines because I “intended” to fence them in but never got around to it. Learned my lesson. Now I surround them like Fort Knox. It takes time and isn’t too expensive, but at least I don’t feel like butting my head against the barn wall after the deer have destroyed another one.

Awesome video! Thank you for showing your mistakes and keeping it real. Thank you so much!

More fencing. Ugh. Bought 15 root trees. Finally done with all the research and figuring out where to plant. Then it dawned on me. The animals. Ugh! I’ll be glad when all the “city slicker” in me is gone! And btw, what keeps out the deer seems to add to the fun for the bears. :/ Now I understand my neighbors fortress around their place.

Thank you for your advice. I needed to know ALL of it! So off I go to fix my trees.

Thanks! We rescued a dog recently who chewed up two of our six very young trees! Have pop up greenhouses on the rest now for the winter, but need a solution for the spring.

Good stuff, thanks for the ideas. I do the same with 2 t-posts and I went with the 60 inch high welded fire fence.

I just used those fiberglass reflecting traffic pole thingies I interweave them in the 2 inch by 4 inch wired fence, its a lot easier to plant them in the ground but I suggest doing it after a good soaking rain that will soften the dirt up. like my dirt has a lot of clay and becomes hard as a rock when dry

I enjoyed your video. I used chicken wire, so much for my smarts. My neighbor used the same wire and stakes you did but raised the wire up so the bottom is maybe 2' from the ground. That way the tree is protected and you can take care of the weeds that grow here in SW Oregon. You didn't seem to have any of them there things.

Great video. Thanks. I put sulfur in couple of holes around my house and whatever it was did not dig it out again.

dude - very helpful. thanks

Going to try your method. Burlap did not work. Thanks for the tips.

Nice video, thanks

Hi!! Tku for sharing your tree saving mission!! I’ve recently planted 11 4’ green giants and I’ve already noticed deer has nibbled or sampled on some of the trees. I’m looking for a simple and effective way to protect them and I found your video. My question is, how long do you keep the fence around them? Even after the trees get situated, the deer can still chew on them if they’re hungry?! I even thought about a dumb solution of planting something they like to eat to deter them from the green giants, but I’m afraid I’ll invite a deer party in the yard … 😂!! What’s your opinion? What’s the most effective tactics against hungry deer? I don’t necessarily want my trees to be in jail while growing up?

Thank you

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I’ve had deer trample fence around a bird feeder. If they want it, they’ll get it.😂

Great video! Do deer "eat" the tree bark and new leaf growth on lower branches of deciduous trees?

How many years do you keep the fence up ?

this was very useful! i have a 70 lb labradoodle pup who digs and chews everything and also a deep desire to have trees in my backyard. do u think this would keep him out? or if i need to bury the fence slightly down, any tips?

What was the criteria digging the hole?

If you have a lot of trees in a row, you could just use barbed wired, since it would be much cheaper. And when wrapped several times around the perimeter of all the trees, it would keep the away deer as well.

Deer in my area start rubbing in Sept/Oct and rub basically until they lose their antlers in the Spring

I have an animal dig under my slab corner house. I put a heavy rock there and it moved it! I believe its an armadillo. Guess I need a camara to see what it is. I live in woods and had no idea the deers here damage trees. TY. I have texas hogs destroying everything so I am looking to fence in to keep 650 lb hogs out. Wonder what fence works best?

Fence all around your property and get a german sheppard dog. That breed of dog will not allow a deer on your property and in addition will tree any squirrel that comes around and keep the squirrel in the tree until you come out and shoot it, which means, in addition you will get a walnut crop if you have those trees.

They recommend controlling weeds around the trees. Any advise on doing that? Thanks.

Why would you not keep the drainage tube on the tree through the winter?

deer just ravaged the trunks of my two peach trees.

@6:23 i have heard that deer do not graze colorado (blue) spruce. i am not sure about rabbits.

We think rabbits were chewing our American Pillars. We fenced each 34 trees similar to yours but baby rabbits can get in those squares. So we wrapped them again with plastic fencing. EXPENSIVE! But it’s time to remove our fences because they’re growing up against it. Back to the rabbit problem- what the heck do we do now?

I leave my corrugated black pipe on the trees all year round. Does that hurt anything? Been doing it for years and they haven't died.

I bought tree protectors for oaks from Mossy Oaks-Nativ Nursery. they work as skinny green houses and rut and brousing protectors for about two years. then the metal fence cage must be used or loose the trees. One night after three years-the deer are hungry and horny. I don't care how much my neighbrs whine about how ugly my cages are--my plants are native and necessary. They have nothing or a bunch of exotic ecologically dead growing things. You can get used to the cages. You will only be depressed and defeated if you don't use the fence cage around the trees and shrubs themselves.

Are those Doug-fir? They will absolutely keep growing even if touching the wire. All you need is to protect the leader from getting nipped and the bark from getting rubbed. Most (IE Weyerhauser) do nothing to protect Doug-fir. They come up fine.

Not sure why you say if spruce tree touches fence it will die or stop growing? That has not been the case in my experience.

Rabbits dang rabbits

This is why you never plant evergreens ! Plant red cedar instead !

Why does that fence touching kill the tree?

The tree can not grow back after the bark is damaged.

The black plastic pipe around the trunk of the tree is a very bad idea.. Not only can it heat up in the sun, but ants and other insects will move into that pipe and start eating the tree. Either fence it off, or make yourself some hardware cloth protectors.. air needs to circulate.

Tractor Supply is for hippies, way over priced!

Shoot more deer 😂